Jul 17, 2013
Six More Major Retailers Tell Gray They’ll Reconsider D.C. Growth if Living Wage Becomes Law
Though it is the primary target of the Large Retailer Accountability Act, Wal-Mart is far from the only major big-box retailer that is reconsidering its future in D.C.
Mar 20, 2013
Big, Fancy Walgreens Is Still, Well, Walgreens
It’s just a drug store, but bigger.
A D.C. legislator moved to make sure that a new Walgreens set to open this week in Chinatown will be able to sell booze.
Mar 15, 2013
Walgreens Upgrades From Drug Store to ‘Experience’
D.C. history will be divided into two chapters: Before the fancy Walgreens, and after the fancy Walgreens.
Under a set of proposed rules approved by the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, pharmacies won’t be able to sell beer or wine unless they start offering a lot more food for sale.
Dec 14, 2012
Band-Aids and Beer: Walgreens Seeks to Be Seen as a Grocery Store in Order to Sell Booze
Walgreens is a pharmacy. Or is it a grocery store? What exactly the retailer qualifies for is at the center of a fight over whether a Van Ness outlet will be able to sell beer and wine.
Apr 25, 2011
Begun These Logo Wars Have?
Wegmans and Walgreens have reportedly reached a settlement in which the grocer will stop using its “circle W” logo it had started using in 2008. Well geez, if that’s the standard we’re holding to for trademark infringement, the Washington Nationals might want to start thinking about alternate insignias. (I’d suggest keeping it simple.)
Jan 27, 2011
Would You Drink Walgreens Beer?
We know that the DCist audience is definitely one who appreciates a good brew, so we wondered how low you’d be willing to go. Walgreens has reportedly started to roll out beer to several of its stores. If this beer did arrive in D.C., how many of you — be honest — would cop to trying it out?
Mar 10, 2008
Walgreens Drug Store Now Open in D.C.
In other large chain retail outlet opening news, there’s now a Walgreens drug store in the District. Our own Fredo Alvarez snapped this photo of the new store while out and about today, the first of its kind in D.C., at 22nd and M Streets NW. For those of you unfamiliar with the Chicago-based drug chain, it’s been the dominant drug store in pretty much every other part of the country for a long…